Registered Nurse RN - Emergency Department - FT Nights

Northeast Georgia Health System•Demorest, GA

About The Position

Northeast Georgia Health System is rooted in a foundation of improving the health of our communities. About the Role: Job Summary Capable clinician with previous specialty experience preferred, focused on expanding knowledge and skills. Consistently provides effective direct care as part of the interdisciplinary team to a variety of complex patients. Seeks as well as provides feedback for improved clinical practice. Assumes a beginning clinical bedside leadership role and seeks mentoring in this process. Participates as a member on PNGC councils and Nursing Quality Teams as appropriate. Actively participates on Unit Council helping with plans to improve NDNQI nursing sensitive indicators, RN Satisfaction, Employee Engagement, Culture of Safety, and Patient Experience data. Works together with other care team members to recruit and retain an excellent nursing care team. For the new graduate clinical RN: focuses primarily on developing knowledge and skills and showing growth in ability to care for increasingly complex patients. Responsible for providing direct and safe patient care based on the nursing process, and for coordinating care for assigned patients on a shift to promote the achievement of clinical outcomes. Requires consultation with more experienced clinicians and accepts feedback as a constructive professional development tool.

Requirements

Licensed to practice as an RN in Georgia.
Current National Professional Certification required.
Associate's Degree. ADN or Diploma required.
ADN with 5 years of experience.
BSN with 3 years of experience.
Demonstrated competence in RN II performance expectations or meets experience requirements upon hire.
NGHS Classes attendance required: Clinical Preceptor Course, DPM Huddle Facilitation Class, Charge Nurse Development Course (ANPD Frontline Nurse Leader Program.)
Delivery of safe, effective, efficient care that meets population specific guidelines
Actively works to make own and related teams successful, effectively communicates with patients, families and colleagues at all levels, shows consideration and respect or others and fosters customer service
Effectively prioritizes, recognizes problems, and utilizes evidence based practice
Demonstrates personal mastery, leadership of self and others, as appropriate, delegates appropriately, and supports NGHS shared governance model
Basic computer skills necessary to operate computer systems used on unit
Weight Lifted: Up to 100 lbs, Occasionally 0-30% of time
Weight Carried: Up to 50 lbs, Occasionally 0-30% of time
Vision: Moderate, Frequently 31-65% of time
Kneeling/Stooping/Bending: Frequently 31-65% of time
Standing/Walking: Frequently 31-65% of time
Pushing/Pulling: Frequently 31-65% of time
Intensity of Work: Frequently 31-65% of time
Job Requires: Reading, Writing, Reasoning, Talking, Keyboarding

Nice To Haves

Responsibilities

Transformational Leadership: Serves as a charge nurse and ensures appropriate patient care is provided in a cost effective, quality driven and patient focused manner
Transformational Leadership: Serves on teams and leads teams as a part of daily practice
Transformational Leadership: Participates in 1 NGMC committee/council
Transformational Leadership: Role models healthy work environment behaviors and practices that include fostering trust among co-workers, assuming good intent, and displaying empathy and support for one another
Exemplary Professional Practice: Serves as a role model for the unit in incorporating national and organizational goals to improve quality, patient safety, and satisfaction
Exemplary Professional Practice: Role models communication skills and is able to articulate and translate the patient’s condition to physicians, advanced practice providers and other colleagues; effectively incorporates Safety behavior and error prevention tools
Exemplary Professional Practice: If applicable, participates in at least one Advanced training skill not required of all registered nurses on the unit
Exemplary Professional Practice: Role models Sister Simone Roach’s theory by incorporating the seven Cs of Caring: Compassion, Competence, Confidence, Conscience, Commitment, Comportment, Creativity into daily work and practice
New Knowledge, Innovation & Improvement: Seeks opportunity to share knowledge and expertise with other members of the healthcare team
New Knowledge, Innovation & Improvement: Supports continuous learning on the unit by sharing research material from professional journals and/or organizations
New Knowledge, Innovation & Improvement: Actively participates in quality improvement activities
New Knowledge, Innovation & Improvement: Actively participates in implementing evidence-based practice as a regular aspect of professional practice
New Knowledge, Innovation & Improvement: Assists in facilitating unit-based education, in-services, and skills validation
New Knowledge, Innovation & Improvement: Serves as a preceptor as needed for students, nurse residents and experienced nurses
Structural Empowerment: Advocates for cultural intelligence, diversity, equity, and inclusion, lateral violence, and impairment and holds peers accountable for healthy relationships
Structural Empowerment: Role models keen cultural intelligence including preventing and addressing lateral violence and impairment
Structural Empowerment: Participates in unit-based shared governance activities while on duty
Structural Empowerment: Leads unit-based selfcare activities
Structural Empowerment: Practices tools and techniques to mitigate and minimize workplace violence
Empirical Outcomes: Serves as a unit-based champion; completes unit-based audits and provides data to management for follow-up with staff to achieve positive outcomes as required for department
Empirical Outcomes: Serves as a super user
Empirical Outcomes: Participates in quality-of-care activities, evaluates the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice
Empirical Outcomes: Actively participates in unit-based activities aimed at improving the patient’s experience, employee engagement, and/or nurse sensitive indicators on the unit with a focus on improvement